Consejo General de Colegios de Ópticos-Optometristas (CGCOO)

What Consejo General de Colegios de Ópticos-Optometristas (CGCOO) does

CGCOO (Consejo General de Colegios de Ópticos-Optometristas) is the national professional regulatory body representing opticians-optometrists across Spain. Headquartered in Madrid, it coordinates the autonomous regional colleges and discharges public-law functions including professional licensing, ethical oversight, continuing education, and deontological enforcement. Governance is exercised through the Asamblea de Decanos, Pleno, Comisión Permanente, and specialized vocalías.

Its offering centers on a unified digital services stack built around the Ventanilla Única single-window platform and the Intranet Profesional portal. Operational products include Receta Oftálmica (official ophthalmic prescription issuance), VPC (Valoración Periódica Colegial periodic professional assessment), Doptom (clinical diagnostic assistance tool), and Plan Veo (children's visual health program). Information products comprise the peer-reviewed Journal of Optometry, Gaceta de Optometría y Óptica Oftálmica, Gaceta Óptica y Gestión, and the 2025 White Paper on Visual Health in Spain.

Revenue mechanics are structured as recurring coordination fees and member-service subscriptions paid through regional autonomous colleges; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The organization has approximately 5 central staff, no disclosed funding rounds, no parent entity, and no external equity ownership. Recent strategic activity includes a 2026 partnership with Fundación ONCE Baja Visión for low-vision services, the launch of Plan Veo, publication of the 2025 White Paper, and a new presidential appointment in July 2026.

Name

Consejo General de Colegios de Ópticos-Optometristas (CGCOO)

Legal name

Consejo General de Colegios de Ópticos-Optometristas

Website

https://cgcoo.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CGCOO is the national statutory professional body regulating and representing opticians-optometrists across Spain, coordinating regional colleges and operating digital services including prescription issuance, professional assessment, and visual health programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Optometry Professional Regulation

NAICS

Offices of Optometrists (62132)

SIC

Ophthalmic Goods (3851)

akta.pro primary industry

Comprehensive Eye Exams & Vision Care (HLAKAKAA)

Keywords

• Optometry professional regulation
• Professional membership services
• Visual health programs
• Clinical practice guidelines
• Continuing professional education

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional membership and regulatory services: CGCOO generates revenue through professional membership coordination with regional autonomous colleges. Services include regulatory oversight, professional standards, publications, and continuing education for opticians-optometrists in Spain.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CGCOO is the national professional regulatory body for opticians-optometrists in Spain, coordinating the country's autonomous regional colleges. It delivers professional licensing, ethical standards, continuing education, and representation services to its members, and operates a digital single-window platform (Ventanilla Única) for administrative procedures, an official ophthalmic prescription service (Receta Oftálmica), and the Plan Veo children's visual health program. The organization also publishes professional and scientific journals including the Journal of Optometry and Gaceta de Optometría y Óptica Oftálmica.

Product overview

CGCOO offers a unified professional platform for optometrists in Spain consisting of a single-window digital services portal (Ventanilla Única), an official ophthalmic prescription system (Receta Oftálmica), a visual health program for children (Plan Veo), clinical diagnostic assistance tools (Doptom), professional periodic assessment services (VPC), and multiple publications including the Gaceta de Optometría, Gaceta Óptica y Gestión, and Journal of Optometry. The portfolio is centered on supporting optical professionals through regulatory compliance, clinical practice tools, and continuing education resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plan Veo: Visual health program for children's eye care
• Doptom
• VPC - Valoración Periódica Colegial

Products and services

• Plan Veo Children's visual health program providing facility locator services and promotional materials for visual health awareness among Spanish children.
• Receta Oftálmica Official ophthalmic prescription service that enables registered optical professionals to issue valid prescriptions through a standardized format.
• Doptom Clinical and optometric diagnostic assistance tool for optical professionals.
• VPC - Valoración Periódica Colegial Periodic professional assessment service for registered optical-optometrists to validate continued competence.
• Ventanilla Única Digital single-window platform providing member services, professional registry access, and administrative procedures for opticians-optometrists.
• Gaceta de Optometría y Óptica Oftálmica Professional journal publishing articles on optometry and ophthalmic optics research for the optical profession.
• Gaceta Óptica y Gestión Business management publication for optical professionals covering industry trends and optical business practices.
• Journal of Optometry Peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to optometry research.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fundación ONCE Baja VisióncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Collaboration agreement signed June 24, 2026 to bring visual health services closer to people with low vision. The partnership aims to improve access to visual health care for people with visual impairment through the network of opticians-optometrists.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Council of Optometry: Global optometry organization supporting the development of the profession worldwide. Comparable in advocacy and standards-setting mission to CGCOO, but operating at global scale rather than nationally in Spain.
• European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO): European-level body representing optometry and optics organizations across multiple countries. Comparable to CGCOO in mission (professional standards and advocacy) but operating at a broader, multi-country level rather than a single national jurisdiction.
• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Médicos de España (CGCOM): Spanish national professional body for physicians, organized as a General Council of autonomous regional colleges. Structurally and organizationally analogous to CGCOO, differing only in profession (medicine vs optometry) and operating in the same national jurisdiction.

Direct peers

• College of Optometrists (UK): Professional body for optometrists in the United Kingdom, responsible for professional standards, examinations, and continuing education. Directly comparable to CGCOO in function and scope, with similar regulatory and educational mandates for the optometry profession.
• American Optometric Association: National professional association representing optometrists in the United States. Directly comparable to CGCOO as a membership-based body providing professional regulation, advocacy, continuing education, and publications for opticians-optometrists, but operating in the US market.
• General Optical Council: UK statutory regulator for opticians and optometrists. Comparable to CGCOO as a national regulatory authority for the optometry profession, with parallel responsibilities in registration, fitness to practise, and standards.
• Canadian Association of Optometrists: National professional association for optometrists in Canada, providing advocacy, continuing education, and member services. Directly comparable to CGCOO as a national optometry membership body with regulatory and representational functions.

Others

• Fundación ONCE: Spanish foundation for disability and accessibility, with which CGCOO has a strategic partnership. Comparable as a related Spanish non-profit stakeholder in the visual health and disability ecosystem, though focused on disability services rather than optometric regulation.

Regional players

• Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (SEO): Spanish national society of ophthalmology representing medical eye doctors. Comparable to CGCOO as a Spanish professional body in the broader eye-care field, but representing ophthalmologists (physicians) rather than opticians-optometrists.
• Optometry Australia: Professional peak body for optometrists in Australia, providing advocacy, member services, and continuing education. Comparable to CGCOO in scope and mission but operating in the Australian market rather than Spain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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